Link In While You Sleep

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Link In While You Sleep
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Be Found

• Why search? When you can be found
• Recruiters have higher accesshelp them find you
• Include ideal job description
• Say that You are in transition
• Add phone, email to profile

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Build Your Network

• Your network is the most valuable asset you have.
  Why are you leaving it offline?
• Upload from Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo

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Search for your Ideal Position

• Keywords
• Key job titles

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Search for your Ideal Position

• Keywords
• Key job titles
• Search ideal companies
• Past employees and present employees (offer
  something as a thank you)

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Monitor posted Jobs in LinkedIn
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Get recommendations from your Colleagues
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What other options are there with your work
background?

• Search your skills keywords and see what other
  positions people have with the same training
• Search your past position titles and see where
  others progressed to

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Research Company pages

• New Hires" are they hiring now?
• Where do they go when they leave
• Use 1st degree connections to learn inside scoop
  on position
• Use your 1st degree connections for introductions
• Consider searching "startups" or "stealth"
  companies
• Find hiring manager

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• "new Hires" are they hiring now?
• where do they go when they leave
• use 1st degree connections to learn inside scoop
  on position
• use your 1st degree connections for introductions
• Consider searching "startups" or "stealth"
  companies

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Expand your reputation

• Groups
• Questions Answers

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Increase Visibility

• Status update
• Groups
• Recommend books
• Upload slideshare

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Improve potential connections

• Past positions
• Affiliations
• Education
• Activities
• Add contacts regularly

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Improve Connectability

• Past positions
• Affiliations
• Education
• Activities
• Add contacts regularly

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Google ranking

• Search for your own name
• Set up a Google Alert for your name to monitor
  your online reputation

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Google-able

• Make your profile FULL VIEW
• Customize public profile URL
• Use this URL in email signature and blog comments
• Customize "My Website" or "My Company"

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Prepare for Interviews

• Reverse research
• Use profile information to connect with
  interviewer(s)
• Who else do you know who knows your
  interviewer(s)?

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Joanne Westwood

• Joanne_at_WestwoodVA.com
• WestwoodVA.com
• Twitter _at_JWestwood
• www.linkedIn.com/in/JWestwood